Istanbul Buyuksehir v Burnley Predictions & Betting Odds – 9th August 2018

Turks value to bank first leg win

Europa League Betting

Istanbul Buyuksehir v Burnley Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 9th August 7.00pm

Burnley’s reward for having gotten past Aberdeen in the last round is a trip to Turkey for the first leg of their third qualifying round tie in the UEFA Europa League. It was a tough battle that the Clarets had on their hands against Aberdeen and are going to need to be on their toes in this tricky away game. The Turkish outfit were the third-place finishers in the Super Lig la season and they make their entry into qualifying at this stage.

Istanbul Buyuksehir News and Form

This is the third straight season that Istanbul Buyuksehir have been in European qualification. Last season they entered the third qualifying stage of the UEFA Champions League and did get past Club Brugge before losing in the playoff round to Seville 3-4 on aggregate. That means they dropped to the group stage of the Europa League where they finished third with a W2 D2 L2 record. That was their best ever performance in Europe. In the 2015/16 Europa League qualifiers they entered and exited at the third qualifying stage.

A season later they did get past the third qualifying round before losing to Shakhtar Donetsk in the playoff round So there’s a bit of a threat there for Burnley. The Turkish outfit are unbeaten in their last three European home games (W1 D2). This is a game which is probably worth backing to finish under 2.5 goals and that option can be taken at 27/40 at bet365* (Betting Odds were taken from August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.). This will be the first game of their new season but they did have a busy month of July with friendly games, the most notable being their 1-1 draw with Bayern Leverkusen back on the 18th.

Burnley News and Form

Burnley had a really tough battle against Aberdeen in the last qualifying round. After a 1-1 draw at Pittodrie in the first round, they needed extra time back at Turf Moor to seal the deal, finally posting a 3-1 win after another 1-1 draw at 90 minutes with the Dons. So they are going to have to improve but of course, this is still early season. You don’t expect Burnley to give up many goals and both teams not to score in this fixture has to be worth a flutter at 8/11 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.).

This is going to be a bit of a test of the Burnley character because they will know that they can’t afford to lose heavily on the road because they don’t boast a lot of firepower themselves to turn the tie back around. So this may not be a pretty game from the Clarets, they will just have to dig in there and stay in the tie. There was the usual grit and character from them against Aberdeen but it has to be said, the quality was a bit lacking.

Istanbul Buyuksehir v Burnley Head to Head

Burnley and Istanbul Buyuksehir have never met before.

Istanbul Buyuksehir v Burnley Betting Odds*

?stanbul Büyük?ehir 4/5
Draw 12/5
Burnley 18/5
(Betting Odds were taken from August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.)

Istanbul Buyuksehir v Burnley Predictions

A difficult away game for Burnley who are going to be entering some kind of unknown territory here. They will bank on their game plan and tough defence to get them through, but we are going with the value of the Turks, who did alright in Europe last season, to bank a win by a goal margin on home soil.